Functional medicine is the study and practice of causes and effects as it relates to health and disease. It adheres to the principles of not only nature but reality itself.

Your health or lack of it comes down to your choices.

• Do you choose to eat nutritious food?

• Do you choose drugs first as a solution to your health problems?

• Do you choose to get sufficient sleep?

• Do you choose to educate yourself about your health problems?

• Do you choose to set aside time for regular exercise?

• Do you choose to believe everything a doctor tells you or do you seek a second or even third opinion?

• Do you choose to be responsible for your own body and your health?

Now I know we all lead “busy lives” and think we “don’t have time” to do these things. However, none of our excuses change the FACT that we all have freedom of choice and we all set out our own priorities. So, what are your priorities? Are your health and wellbeing priorities or simply an afterthought? Are you doing what you should or following the path of least resistance?

The majority of our health problems are the consequences of our choices. Now, this might not seem right or fair; but that is how reality works. Life is reality and life doesn’t care what you like or what you think is fair. So instead of focusing on how we wish things were, let’s look at them the way that they are…the truth.

Your body is a “biological machine” and it operates according to the laws of biology and nature…not the will of man. It is not a piece of technology like a smartphone or computer that can be upgraded and improved upon. The laws of nature apply to all lifeforms. Just look at the “advancements” in modern farming. Are crops and animals raised today in accordance with the laws of nature? GMO, herbicides, pesticides, antibiotics, hormones and nutrient-depleted soils? Have food-producing practices moved us closer or further from health? Sure, we can produce large amounts of cheap food…but at what price to our health?

How is this different than “modern” medicine? Ignoring how the body actually works and focusing on the discovery and production of drugs and chemicals to override nature. Traditional medicine/pharmaceutical industry has the audacity (or should I say ignorance) to believe it can outsmart nature and the biology of your bodies. How has this approach been working? Look at the statistics on chronic disease and you will see it is failing miserably.  Yeah, taking a pill is much easier than taking personal responsibility for one’s health and lifestyle choices; which is why so many people are sick today. Wishing things were different does not make them so. People get tripped up on this because the way they want things to be is contrary to how things really work.

We all know that the choices we make every day influence our health and quality of life…you can accept the laws of reality or not, that is up to you, but ignoring the facts does not lead to desirable outcomes.

Functional medicine is the practice of working with nature and not against it; understanding how the human body really works and what it needs to be healthy. Are you going to choose health or sickness? The first step is to choose a model of healthcare that leads to health and not away from it. The second step is to choose a doctor who is trained in and practices health restoration; a functional medicine doctor. The third step is to choose to make lifestyle choices that will take your closer to health and not further from it.

If you choose health, we are here to help.

If you would like more information about healing a broken brain or broken body or functional medicine or Dr. Sexton contact our Naperville office today or go to www.napervilleintegratedwelness.com

Do your own research, inform yourself and ask lots of questions. When collecting information you MUST consider the source. There is no shortage of false, misleading, outdated, profit-driven and utterly biased information in healthcare today; even from the most respected sources and organizations.

This approach to healthcare is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate, or prevent any disease. Why is this? The FDA enforces its position that these words can only be used with drugs. This approach does not use drugs.